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41. Speaking of rust... (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Mon, 13 May 96 13:53:32 PDT
...how much will the MOT allow? Is it a matter of structural integrity, or do they object to any rust? Can a B pass with the usual dogleg rust but good sills and floors? How about a '67 B with dogleg
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00476.html (6,668 bytes)

42. The best kept secret in MGdom (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Tue, 14 May 96 13:59:46 PDT
I've seen a few people ask, but I haven't seen an answer. Where is Dixon, California and what is it that's going on this weekend? Since this one is in CA, it may be within 1100 range, or at least B r
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00513.html (6,918 bytes)

43. Re: The best kept secret in MGdom (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Tue, 14 May 96 15:19:26 PDT
Wow! What service! Now I know that yelling works. ;-) Thank you Mike and Joseph for the info. Northern California is not in either 1100 or B range for a one day event. Oh well. When it comes around,
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00522.html (7,261 bytes)

44. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Thu, 16 May 96 11:10:04 PDT
Jim McDougal added: Hoping to make this situation more complex, _I_ once saw a Midget run on two cylinders with no spark! The owner wanted to increase compression but was too cheap to buy different p
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00612.html (9,448 bytes)

45. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Thu, 16 May 96 15:21:56 PDT
Don Mathis asked: Sorry! I should have said two spark plugs _in_ instead of two spark plugs _out_. He could have had carrots in the other two holes. There were spark plugs in two of the spark plug ho
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00625.html (9,814 bytes)

46. Four row radiator core! (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Fri, 17 May 96 10:54:42 PDT
Fellow B'ers: This morning, I dropped off a radiator to be recored at a new radiator shop and casually asked, like I always do (six MG's, six radiators), if a four row core could be put into a '67 B
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00683.html (7,420 bytes)

47. Gonna be a four row (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Fri, 17 May 96 14:48:53 PDT
Thanks to every one who answered my radiator question. The B people all said "go for it" (I'm paraphrasing) and about half of the A people said "don't do it." The problem with an A seems to be the vo
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00698.html (7,071 bytes)

48. Re: Gonna be a four row (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Fri, 17 May 96 15:46:26 PDT
Just happen to have the repair order right here...$171.99, including $12.37 in tax. It might cost you more. ;-) And that's carrying in a loose radiator--no R&R. The guys at the tire store can never
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00703.html (6,822 bytes)

49. his response (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Mon, 20 May 96 10:19:37 PDT
Ulix chortled: When I was a mechanic, professional that is, the place I worked changed banks and my paychecks started being made out to "Dennis Thorpe." And when I was in junior high school, I was as
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00740.html (7,141 bytes)

50. Re: New (CA) gas & fuel leaks (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Fri, 24 May 96 16:23:18 PDT
Melissa asked: So _that's_ that horrible smell. I don't watch or read the news (I find I'm much happier not knowing) and I didn't know the gas had already changed. I haven't noticed any difference in
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00877.html (8,832 bytes)

51. Three-synchro OD tranny for sale (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Tue, 28 May 96 10:38:19 PDT
To whom it may concern: Somehow, I ended up with eight transmissions for three cars and four of them have overdrive, so I'm selling one of the OD trannies. The one that's for sale is a three-synchro
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg00970.html (7,023 bytes)

52. the tranny is sold (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Wed, 29 May 96 17:49:15 PDT
The subject says it all--the three-synchro OD tranny has found a new home. Thanks to everyone who responded! Denise Thorpe thorpe@kegs.saic.com
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg01027.html (6,177 bytes)

53. Re: RE: MGs in the sun (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Thu, 30 May 96 12:10:21 PDT
The best of both worlds is a B roadster for good weather and an 1100 for bad. Better yet, three of each. I agree with Ulix that rain is not a deterrent to driving with the top down. As long as I'm go
/html/mgs/1996-05/msg01066.html (8,317 bytes)

54. Re: My grandmother's 1100 (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 96 10:08:09 PST
Do you need to be asked? Denise Thorpe thorpe@kegs.saic.com
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00009.html (6,432 bytes)

55. Re: 1100 advert (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 96 10:29:22 PST
Mike Leckstein asked: All three of my 1100's have four wheels plus a spare plus four extra wheels from a car that I parted out. I can't believe that an MG 1100 could drive on the two front wheels wit
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00068.html (8,001 bytes)

56. Re: MG Midget clutch (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 96 10:52:01 PST
Weekend before last, I replaced the clutch master and slave cylinders in my B. There had been a lot of discussion on the list just before this about how hard it is to bleed a clutch and I didn't rem
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00124.html (9,479 bytes)

57. Re: MG Montego (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 96 17:47:50 PST
Ken Dalton asked: Purists?! You've obviously missed the bits about putting Volvo, Mazda, Chevy and Datsun parts in MG's. And if an MG 1100 is an MG (which it is), so's a Montego, turbo or no. Denise
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00133.html (6,631 bytes)

58. "B" movies (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 96 10:59:07 PDT
A real "B" movie was an amusing bit of trash called "Kill Pussycat, Faster Faster," or something to that effect. In the beginning of the movie, an early B blows a Porsche 356 into the weeds on a dir
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00170.html (6,989 bytes)

59. Re: Fuel pump / line...? (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 96 17:40:17 PDT
J clarified: Doesn't sound bizarre to me. That's how my car dies when I forget to flip the fuel pump cut out switch to on before driving off. When it finally dies, it runs on for a couple of seconds
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00182.html (9,562 bytes)

60. Re: Electrical Problem (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 96 12:31:35 PDT
Two words: bad ground. The painters probably disconnected a wire from the body so it wouldn't get painted or else they bumped something loose. Look around for a black wire somewhere near the left fr
/html/mgs/1996-04/msg00311.html (7,990 bytes)


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